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Too much of a problem. you dont want to change in the middle of crisis. now is a good time to start and finish changing. >> colonel jack, thank you for that. lets go to chuck todd in the white house briefing room. what do you have for us on this petraeus situation? >> well, i can tell you there are a lot of people at the white house that they were -- you could tell that they -- either what they knew or didnt know about the reason for petraeuss resignation or proposed resignation over the last fe...

Of the reporting from about a week or so ago suggests that the state department people thought that the cia kind of had the security covered. there were warnings coming from within that compound that security was not good enough and people were very worried about their safety, and so the question for petraeus and his subordinates is were you supposed to have this covered? did you realize there was a larger security threat than could be handled? are you to blame for this? i dont think petraeus ha...

One of the big changes in washington in the last five years or so is that much of what had traditionally been under the purview of the pentagon moved over to the cia because they had to do things like, you know, violate pakistani air space and that sort of thing. i dont tend to think it will complicate u.s. foreign policy. i dont see it leading to any change in policy. its just the loss of a good and very bright man. >> yeah. colonel jack, officials say that general petraeus deputy, michael more...

People explaining what this mission will look like. not only are we on the one-year anniversary of the bin laden death. this is the ninth anniversary of the infamous mission accomplished speech that president obama gave after iraq. so i think that is two words you will not hear tonight from the president. that said, he is going to be about what is this end game look like in afghanistan? how to bring this to a close, and at the same time try to explain what does this ten-year agreement mean. what...

Other places where we have very close relationships who would like to see our attention drawn away from southeast asia. and put in places like the far east, for example, and europe and africa whereby the way, we have american forces chasing after some bad guys now. >> colonel jack jacobs, michael hastings and professor dyson. thank you. coming up next, mitt romney and rudolph giuliani visit a fire house where firefighters paid the ultimate house on september 11th. with the spark cash card from c...

Disappointed the president was using the death of bin laden for political purposes. i have to ask you then, what is mitt romney doing in new york this afternoon. eating pizza with firefighters alongside rudolph giuliani? >> this is all a game, it seems. you know, martin, that im partial to a certain book thats out now called "showdown." but colonel jack was right talking about the nature of the decision. i go into great details with the meetings where bob gates and vice president biden said dont...

Future for afghanistan over the course of the next ten years. troop support and so on. so what do we make of the presidents legacy in afghanistan? fighting terrorism and other areas of international relations. back with us, michael hastings of buzz feed. and joining us, professor michael eric dyson, and of course im with colonel jack jacobs, the retired u.s. army colonel. if i can start with you, you have actually reported some misgivings by the navy s.e.a.l. team six about the president talking...

Fell of security. that look, these are people who value their secrecy very highly. and they felt all of a sudden in the spotlight. and part of the issue, i think, among some, especially the conservative element within this special forces community was that the president was not the one on the ground. pulling the trigger. therefore, he should be more the subtle in taking credit for the accomplishment. >> colonel jack, theres a -- of course there is a chinook helicopter that was shot down killing ...

Cross-examine witnesses. the officer will make a recommendation to the commander how the case should be disposed. in any case, i think you can bet that there is -- it will be a capital case, it will -- unless this guy is determined to be not capable of defending himself because of some mental defect -- >> the fact we learned yesterday that he had a traumatic brain injury in 2010 and learning today maybe marital problems, alcohol may have played a role in this. none of that would mitigate the pos...

♪ the war." and colonel jack contain objects. colonel jock son, good to see you. >> good morning incident to both beth your tkaeubgs takes on it. u.s. army sniper alleged to have killed 16 in a door to door shooting spree a mile from his base. they called for the soldiers assassination. the placenta -- they are urging him to speed up the waugh. todays "new york times" reports one option is to reduce the number of troops by an additional 20,000 or more about 2013. talks have been under way two ...